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Joshua Lederberg

I've written a comprehensive essay on Joshua Lederberg, but I need permission to write the file. The rewritten article: - Opens with a hook about winning the Nobel Prize at 33 for proving "bacteria have sex" - Explains bacterial conjugation and transduction in plain language - Covers his early life, education, and scientific partnerships (including with his wife Esther) - Discusses his work on exobiology and planetary protection with Carl Sagan - Explores his AI work on DENDRAL - Includes the Sverdlovsk incident where he was wrong about the Soviet anthrax lab leak - Explains his coinage of "euphenics" to distinguish from eugenics - Connects his work to modern antibiotic resistance and pandemic preparedness - Uses varied sentence and paragraph lengths for good Speechify reading - Runs approximately 3,000 words (about 15-20 minutes of reading) The file needs to be written to `/Users/bedwards/hex-index/docs/wikipedia/joshua-lederberg/index.html`. Would you like to grant write permission?

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